Maleachi 2:4

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling

Zo zult gij dan gewaarworden, dat Ik dit gebod tot u gezonden heb, opdat mijn verbond zou zijn met Levi, spreekt de Heer Zebath.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Zo zult gij weten dat ik deze opdracht aan u heb doen overbrengen; opdat mijn verbond met Levi blijve bestaan, zegt de Heer der heirscharen.

Staten Vertaling
Dan zult gij weten, dat Ik dit gebod tot u gezonden heb; opdat Mijn verbond met Levi zij, zegt de HEERE der heirscharen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye: 1 Kings 22:25, Isaiah 26:11, Jeremiah 28:9, Ezekiel 33:33, Ezekiel 38:23, Luke 10:11

that my: Isaiah 1:24-28, Isaiah 27:9, Ezekiel 20:38-41, Ezekiel 44:9-16, Matthew 3:12, John 15:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:28 - children Leviticus 21:1 - Speak Numbers 3:6 - General Numbers 25:12 - General 2 Kings 5:27 - leprosy Nehemiah 13:29 - the covenant Isaiah 43:27 - and thy Ezekiel 40:45 - the keepers Zechariah 12:13 - Levi Matthew 21:33 - husbandmen

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you,.... :-:

that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts; not that the ceremonial law might be confirmed and established, on which the Levitical priesthood was founded; for it was the will of God that that should be abolished, because of the weakness and unprofitableness of it; but that the covenant of grace made with Christ, the antitype of Levi, with whom the true Urim and Thummim are, Deuteronomy 33:8, who has a more excellent ministry and priesthood than his, might take place, be made manifest, and be exhibited under the Gospel dispensation; of which, and of the person with whom it is, an account is given in the following verses.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you: - this, which He had just uttered. They who believe not God when threatening, know that He is in earnest and not to be trifled with, through His punishing. “That My covenant might be with Levi.” God willed to punish those who at that time rebelled against Him, that He might spare those who should come after them. He chastened the fathers, who showed their contempt toward Him, that their sons, taking warning thereby, might not be cut off. He continues to say, what the covenant was, which He willed still to be, if they would repent.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Malachi 2:4. This commandment — That in the first verse; to drive such priests from his presence and his service.

That my covenant might be with Levi — I gave the priesthood and the service of my altar to that tribe.